hound

/haʊnd/

//haʊnd// noun

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The verdict

“hound” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,166 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,166
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cão de caça.

Corpus desk

Index PT-hound · hound · Portuguese

hound · rank #56,166 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,166
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH het

Nearest frequency peer: het (-4 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “hound”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “hound” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hound
PropertyValue
Headwordhound
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/haʊnd/
Letters5
Frequency rank#56,166
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hound” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).houndcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “het” (#56,162), “ibi” (#56,170), “hepático” (#56,161). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hound” fica em #56,166. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hound is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,166 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /haʊnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cão de caça.".

Zero misspellings are on record for hound in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is hound, spelled H-O-U-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    cão de caça.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hound"?
"hound" is spelled H-O-U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is /haʊnd/.
What does "hound" mean?
As a noun, "hound" means: cão de caça.
How do you pronounce "hound"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hound" is /haʊnd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hound" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hound", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fuego#56,131kinda#56,217entry#56,098picas#56,305

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list